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Topic: The Lure of Platinum: Part 2 (Read 4378 times)

The second characteristic of platinum coins that makes them a good choice for collecting and investing is that there are relatively few areas of the Chinese coins market where platinum crops up, making them a rare breed so to speak. Such is the extreme rarity and value of platinum that China does not produce very many of these coins! Modern Chinese coins have a history of over 30 years, but during that time there have been only...

..."There are 23 of the 1 oz coin types: five Ancient Inventions and Discoveries; 12 Lunars; four Pandas; and two Unicorns."...

Correction: 5 (technically 6) Pandas. The 2 additional are: 1987 New York Coin Expo Platinum and the other (special issue only for the China Government and official Panda bullion dealers of the time) is the trial strike 1982 Platinum Panda.

very nice!! the 1987 proof New York coin show panda in platinum is a special coin ,it gets the nick name of the twin towers panda in the USA (east coast) by some MCC collectors ....as I believe it is the only MCC with a likeness of the NY world trade center twin towers depicted on it ....very rare coin ,even the gold one you dont see too often

very nice!! the 1987 proof New York coin show panda in platinum is a special coin ,it gets the nick name of the twin towers panda in the USA (east coast) by some MCC collectors ....as I believe it is the only MCC with a likeness of the NY world trade center twin towers depicted on it ....very rare coin ,even the gold one you dont see too often

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Thanks. I do have the other 10 - 1 troy ounce coin show gold pandas (don't have pics) in addition to the 2 - 1 troy ounce coin show pandas listed/shown at the top of my previous post. Below is the complete list of the 12 - 1 troy ounce gold and platinum Coin Show Pandas from 1987 - 1990 and their set maximum mintages: